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[ i F : io Avflf next deltver WiRILDAY, MAY a , giagamfiemmmi WEEKLY Published evory Euiday. . N“ bony | ' ««§1,80- por yoar, 'for Tite NAGA iA nifififfii‘fmg nud‘f‘umfixm’Sum strickly in. ad« ”fim‘xcwfiwii‘afll '6 Order, Postal Note mit on og ce Order, a to, regtntered Lottor or Now York Dratt. fees LOCKPORTUNION-SUN. _ GKS ( ovory Afternoon. lxxf'nfi‘z’xiv’t‘éfl’fifé’ageyr 1m, 50: conts pqrimontll, 1 CONUS DOF WEOKe wpe: went t nif s smae \ RATES furnished on applica= . | by mail or othorwiso. Paporn sont to any part of the. United States, frée of postage inl KAllcommunicationg should be addressed to = a wfi‘flfiwmkfiyffiofiom‘ SWanagor. . t=d4g LOGKPoRru;, N. Y. - = FRIDAY: MAY 8, 1996. < Manliers of the Associated Press of is} fire; State, and of the United Press, Chic Things come to them, that HUSTLE they walt,\ YESOMOTUS SBRPANTS, As new coumntrlos are settled one in« fall{bfe sign of «dvilization's progress is the dissppenrmnce of the venomous ser- . pouts. | \Fhe hawnidess varletfes are the inst to go, for man fu obedience to the tiw | of selfoprbsoryation, - makes A spectith effort to exterminate the dend- iy reptiles . Stueo the timo that Satan In the garden took the form, of i ser- ~ pont, soctety has heen nabte to vid It- \5 self of serpents In hitman gulse. 'The \ most doespteabic kind of theso disguised giinkes tro the dog-polsouots. Porlodi- , [ HOLMES THE ARCH-CRIMINAL, l EL, IL Holmes who is properly ac- ! counted the arch-criminal of the age, has abandoned all hopes of respite or parden and will go to the scaffold in the Moyiamensing Jail next Thursday morn- ing. He has an almost unparalleled re- ' cord of crime. 'To read his confession mikes the blood run cold, for the lines f seem dictated by the avch-friend him- golf Just as the dark deeds they recount were prempted by him. 'The crimes themselves are not so striking as the method and inalignity of their execu- tlo A Philadelphia correspondent who has closoly followed the trial of Holmes and who has made a study of his most inftmous careor presents this view of the mir who goes to his reward within 48 hours: “The carcor of this iman is without: paratiel in the annals of crime. Other | crtminals there have been who could , count their victims by the score and whose boldness, audacity and cruelty tive startled and shocked society, but ; there Is mo record of one who compared with EIclimes in the variety, ingenuity mud hoartlessness of his crimes. - In his last conféssion he cluimed to have murdered 27 persons. Among his | victims wore young girls and inuocent ' children as well as men and women who < stood in the way of his plans or whose [ death could minister to his greed of money. . f Ife allowed no one to block his blood- t stained road to wealth, nor was he par- } tleular as to the means necessary for © the removal of obstatles. Cords or knives, poison - or fire, suffocating streams or the deadly lead pipe were all familiar to his ruthless hand. He would just as soon roast children in stoves as smather them in trunks. tle had a predilection for chloroform, but did not object to. nitroglycerine or dynamite when they would best aid his fell purposes, and one of his favorite modes of disposing of women who vrendily succumbed to his gentle man- ners aud wheedling tongue was to on- tomb them in the vault of his famous \castle\ in Englewood In Chicago and isphyxlate them with noxious gases. exlly Lockport gets evidence that those ; reptllos are crmwling abroad by night i nit onditting veriont mlong the highways ! and byways of tho efty. 'The borrlble deaths tm pablic of dogs that are the victims of the polsonet ire revolting yot - 'the potsouet is the persontflcation of witelty and erfudualitys cheosttate to strlke at the property of nu- other. Elo would is soon Ill it min as polson his enutac pet, were there tny- thhig to be by It, sud-of courso with this proviso= if the sneaking, trotabling cowntd wore absolutely sure that the shades of night could never © furaish ia brouth of evidence to bring ; to Justics, > Would that the strong of the law cotdd featch the: loathesome swietches who hive been practictug the drop«the- | button net again in this city. 'They are not mon who read a newspaper, and there is f{ttle hope that this denuneta- tion wE reack thom. 'They aro beings whoso detection is doubly difficult for thoy wotk by darkest night. But as Tight plorces the decopest gloom when least oxpeoted the reptiles may be sur- prised sway from their holes some- 'Thot the punfsliwent should be made to {t the erlme as nerly as pos- Rib“): wot > © « We trast the S. T. C, A. wilt (lo alt in thots powor to- bring the venomous erbimbiuls to Justice, Thelt successful offorts In thts divection would be ap- plaaded by allt good citizens, - lpn * According to New York advices Platt has glyga the tip to his henchmen to support HatalIton Fish for the gubers 'ngtortitt nomfuation. \Mtus endetls Col. fest great lesson in polities, Ele has learned that Platt's promises aro not worth as much as a of | fouthora 'In i sectuded nook of hades. liven the usudl lieaded mon of the party, once under the Influence of the boss, become credu- lous: chitdron that belfeve alt they hour - twice as imuck as they see. The Re- publican party {tt this Stute Is hypno» , Haad by the Svongelf of 40 Broadway nud lits selection of the cndidate for Ctfovornor will go. Lut Fisly enn nover be elected, not uy other nun who is Platt's cnudidate. 'This s a Detaoctutlc year, 'The Demo- cratic purty has plenty of good guber- natorlat and thero will be all care used (it selecting the most avallable cnadidato and one who wilt bost serve the interests of the people, min The satoons in the lower part of it five« story ballding in Cinelapatl, the upper floors of which wore occupted as flats, oxpertmented with it gasoline engine ag the motive powep for their clectrie light pliuit. Tho resdlt was ann esploston that wrecked tho entire bleck and burled whole families tt the ruins. Such a reckioss trifling with funnnn lo is at- most in modern anngls. 'The owner of the bullding should be Trott to strict accountability for permit- Hag conditions that wore almost sure sooner or fiiter to reach tho tragteat clf- mils which -the tolegraple reports clhrogicle to«lay. > ait ortine Ostman mimmmam 'The defection of Col. Brigtdley, a dele- gnte to the St. Louls from the 17tl con- fins sot Platt to tille- Tug about honor in politics.. The boss discowse aon the _ commuurdon of the situts, Col. Bead- . loy has no uso for Platonic iffoction nd discgqrding Moortn will go to hiis ik McKinioy,. we Heo does not , stwowd iind | level-/ MUSCLE YH. STEEL. A novel taco, festing the relative speed of a imnliroad train and a cycle, is being arranged for, to take place in the new future. 'This contest of ~ musclé anid dron will be watched with keen - luterost. 'The proposed tage is to take place between the Empire State Express of the New York Central, the fastest truin in the world, and i sextuple bicycle, ridden by the six best wheelmen that can be procured. 'The: course which will be but one mile is near Pough- keepste whore the train can make its best time. Alongside of the railroad track will be laid i five mile track of the smoothest plarking for the sextu- plet. The rnilrouders will no doubt do all in their power to tike the conceit out of the wheelmer who clatm that in addit- lon to outgeneraling the corporations in the egislature they can beat their speediest traiu. Iere is what Presi- deut Depew says of the prospective vice: , . \L doubt if fhe riders cai beat our train. If they do, they will have to cover the mile in less thin 47 seconds. Every facility will be afforded them, The track to be laid, I understand, will be as smooth as a billiard table. It is to understand that at) such a speed as they expect to make the smal- Ist inequality miglit upset the machine, mud the consequences would be disas- trous, The railway company will prob- 'ubly run special tratus to the scone of the race, as It is anticipated that the 'alfair will excite much interest among wheeltmen, fud there will probable he a large attondance of spectators. Tae Empire State Exprss leaves New York , At 8:80 a. m.. aud arrives at Albany 11:10. 'The rtee will probably, there- I fore, tike place about 10 o'clock. I un- i derstand tht the proprietors of the | sextuplet are confident of success. as i they estimate their machine, with a g ying start, est be ridden a mile in about 37 seconds.\ anew Lockport is going to have a munici- cipal lighting plaut at last. 'The propo- sitlon hus been a political Issue in nearly every election there since 1888, when the agitation was started by ex- Mayor Oliver, Enough statistics and figures showlug the economy of the 'nvenngoment have been demonstrite thit a great saving will restt, but the Lockport people will never know Just what municipal light- Ing costs uutil they try it-Buffalo '[mes. « We are aware that it is an experi- ment, but if we can keep the politicians within Lounds we hope to be vich in more than experience. Ar. James Compton, receiver of the Middleport Manufacturing Company, vecelved a letter from a friend in Néw York city Tuesday, who wished to have a Joke on Jim so he enclosed a clipping from a newspaper, The clipping was the picture of a young lady clasped in the arms of hor lover; underneath was the words \In the hands of a receiver.\ --Middleport Herald. » Ex-County Clerk Compton should seud the clipping to ex-Senator Pound fis ian intimation that he can be happy In spite of that comity clerk's bill which the latter put through as \amended\ by the people. \The California Hepublican state con- vention endorsed MeKinley yestrday mud adopted resolutions for free eoin- sllver at a ratto of 1G to 1. 'The Ollo man has the sitver side of his face turned west so ho is temporarily all right, The people will permit no doubte-{faced candidates to this fall, 'The MeKiuloyites hive roasted Reed An New England and caten Cullom raw ‘ in Illinois. That's a pretty stew . collected to ; ; don DIFFERENTLY TOLD. ANXOTHEL STORY OPF THE CRIMES OF IL LL HMOLMES WHO WAS HUNG WO-DAY. Herman W. Mudgett, better known as IL. HL Holmes, was one of the most couspicuous criminals of modern times, and if the \murder confessions\ which he has written cin only partially be believed, he was without a peer as a blood-thirsty demon. lis recent in- genious \confession\ wherein he claim- ed to have killed 27 persons was dis- provd, partly at least, by the appear- mice of several of the so-called veitims; but Holmes' object in mitking the \con- fession\ was realized-the obtaining of ua suum said to be $7.500, and which amouut is said to have been settled upon the eriminal's 18-year-old son, While the \confessions\ have served to increase the sensationailsm of the case, the only eapital crime for which Holmes had to answer was the killing in this city, on September 2, 1894, of Benjamin JF. Pitzel, his fellow-con- spirator. The murder was committed in the dwelling, No. 1316 Callowhill Street. Iolmes' conviction of murder in the first degree, the affirmation by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court of the verdict and the recent refusal of dovernor Hastings to grant a respite are so well known that a narration of these facts is imnmecessary. Holmes was captured in Boston, Mass., in the latter part of 1804, by Owen IInnscom, the Deputy Superin- tendent of Police, upon the strength of a telegram from Fort Worth , Texas, where he was wanted for horse steal- ing and for other charges of larceny. At that time officials of (the Fidelity Mutual Life Association, of Philadel- phia. were hot on Holmes' trail for de- frauding the concern out of $10,000 in conuection with Pitezel's death, the latter being insured for this amount, and as the necused believed horse steal- ing to be a high crime in Texas, he vol- untarily confessed to Deputy. Superin- tendent Hanscom to the insurance fraud. He did not, for a moment, dream that he was then suspected of the murder of Pitezel. and he came to Philadelphia wtibout requisit- papers He expressed a | willingness to be tried here on the con- spiracy charge in preference to that for horse stealing at Fort Worth. Before leaving Boston, Holmes made this con- fession\ to Mr. Hanscom: \When I concluded it was time to carry out our scheme to defraud the insurance comapny. I secured a \stiff\ in New York and shipped it in a trunk to Philadelphia. I turned the check for the trunk over to Pitezcl on the Sunday nenrest the 1st of September. I in- structed him how to prepare the body, and iu three hours we were on our way to New York. 'Ton days after the pay- mut of the money I saw Pitezel in Cin- cinnafi I took the three children to that city, where the father saw them. Pitezel agreed to go south, and he took one child, Howard. I took the two girls to Chicago beeause I had buginess there. We all met again in- Detroit. Pitezel took the children and went to South Amerien. During all this time Mrs. Pitezel know her husband was alive, but she did not know he had the children. -If she was aware of that she would insist that the crooked business be wound up right away. In order to keep Mrs. Pitezel away from her hus- Iiind I had to tell her he was here and there, traveling from one city to an- other.\ This was the first of a number of al leged admissions that Holmes subse- quently made. In fact, he required a penchant for mitking \confessions\ that surprised the authorities. 'The insurance officials had good ground for believing Holmes had mur- dered Pitezel and the three children, so when the prisoner arrived in Philadel- phis he was urged to make another \confession.\ And he did so without hesitation. but it varied somewhat from the one he made in Boston. It graphically narrated how the body was substituted for Pitezel in the Cal- lowhill Street house. and its identifica- tion by Alice Pitesel as that of her father a week afterward. Holmes also related how the money was received from the insurance company and its subsequent - division | between | Mrs. <Pitezel. Jeptha D. Howe. the St. Louis } i 1 I i 1 i + I F u | lawyer, and himself. It was in this \confession\ that Holmes accused Howe of receiving $2.500 for his share in the transaction, Howe was indicted for conspiracy, but recently the case against him was dropped. soon after Holmes was brought to Philadelphia, Detective Geyer visited him in the county prison in relation to I the finding of the body at 1316 Callow- hill Street on September 4. 1804. After an hour's conversation with the wily Iolmes the detective emerged from the prison with a \confession\ in which the accused said that the body was not that of Pitezel. but was one substitut- ed to defraud the insurance compiny. A week later [Tolmes honored Geyer with _ another | Mconfession.\ | \Mr. Geyer\ he said, \that story I told you about the substitute body is not true. It is the body of Benjamin F. Pitezel, but I did not murder him or his chil- dren. On Sunday morning, September 2nd, I found Pitezel dead in the third story of the Galiowhill Street house. I found a note in a bottle. telling me that he was tired of life and had fiually de- cided to commit suicide. He requestea me to look after the insurance money and take care of his wife and family. I then then fixed up the body in the posi- tion it wasg found. These children you speak of are all right. 'They are with Minnie Williams in London. I gave Howard to Minnuic Williams in Detroit and I sent Alice and Nellie to her from Toronto. 'They met Miss Willians in | in Niagara Falls, and sailed for Europe from New York. Between this time and his trial for conspiracy to defraud the insurance company to which he pleaded guilty, Holmes made many other \confessions\ but they differed very little from those already given. Each time he pretended to tell the truth, but he sedulously avoided doing so. Nobody believed what Holmes said about Pitezel, and he would not 'say anything about the children, except that they were all right. In his many interyiews with District Attorney (Graham, ° Holmes persisted that the three missing Pitezel children were with Minnie Williams in London. He even persuaded Mr. Graham to bave an advertismnmgt in the shape of a cipher puzzle inserted in a New York paper, for the: purpose of bringing Min- nie Williams and the little Pitezels back from Europe. The District Attor- ney placed little faith in what Holmes had told him but the advertisement was published as a sort of last and hopeless effort. When the bodies of Nellic and Alice Pitezel were unearthed in Poronto Holmes denied having killed them. When Howard's clfarred bones were located in a superannuated stove in Irvington, Ind., Holmes calmly denied any knowledge of the lad's death. When the murders of Minnie Willinms and her sister were discovered Holmes said Minnie killed Nancy in a jealous frenzy, and he buried the body in Lake Michigan. He vigorously denied having put Minnie to death so as to secure her property. 'The disap- pearance of Emily Cygrand was traced to Holmes, but the criminal said be knew nothing of the girl's fate. The partially consumed bomes that were found in the Chicago \castle\ are known to be those of some of Holmes' victims.A bout the last time that Holmes was taken to the District Attor- ney's office to \confess\ Mr. Graham lost patience with him. Holmes gave a repetition of his picturesque falsehoods. He actually gave the District Attorney a veritably \jolly\ about the Pitezel family and Minnie Williams being still alive. 'The scene that ensued was ex- tremely dramatic. Mr. Graham said: \Holmes you are an infernal lying murderer, I will hang you in Phila- delphia for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel.\ Harry Evans Out on Bai'l in the Sum of $2,000. LEWISTOS CHARTER ELECTION -REALISTICG FIGHT ON THE STAGE-MAD DOG AT TONA- WANDA-NORTH TONAWANDA'S WATER WORKS PAY WELL At the anuual «charter election at Lewiston Wednesday the following of- ficers were elected for the ensuing yar: President, W. J. Bedenkapp; clerk, J. C. Hooker; trasurer, J. W. H. Kelly; collector, James Royall; constable, Henry E. Butler; trustees in Ward No. 1, John Carter and Robert Pendergast; trustees in Ward No. 2, Michael Burke and Charles A. Powell. Fred Latta and wife of New - Yorkare visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Latta. at Model City. T. H. Merrell of Syracuse is the guest of Thomas P. Scovell of Oak Hill. County Treasurer Hamilton of Gene- see County, has issued 65 liquor-tax certificates for the county so far and still has a couple of applications in hand. 'Phe receipts amount to $18,345. Of this number of certificates, 85 are for Butavia, against 44 last year. Tuesday night while the John Fay Palmer company wis presenting the play \The Count of Monte Cristo\ at Virginia Opera House at Westfield,.the audience was treated to a realistic in- cident not provided for on the bills. Just beforet he act in which two of the performers were to meetin a duel to the death,.Mr. Palmer and one of the | actors had a fight behind the scenes. 'The women behind the curtain seream- ed and it was evident that the part had not been previously rehearsed. Deputy-Sheriff Harrington, who was present, went behind the curtain and parted the combatants. The fight was the result of a dispute over money mat- ters between Palmer and the actor. Tarry Emes of Niagara Falls, Ont., who was held for trial by Magistrate Logan upon the charge of complicity in the mal-treatment that caused the death of Miss Minnic Minchen, was Wednes- day admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000 furnished by Ald. William Cole and John Bender. These gentlemen and Dr. Emes went to Welland and brought the young man home. W. XL German, M. P., counsel for Emes, went to Toronto, conferred with the higher authorities there, and it was decided that Emes was entitled to be bailed. In an inter- view Emes stated that the Toronto suthorities did not consider the evidence ngainst him as strong as Magistrate Logan did. 'The North Tonawanda Water Works is one of the paying institutions of that village, and Wednesday night's report of the Board of Water Commissioners showed the Board in as good or even better standing than it was last year. Their total receipts during the year end- ing April 30, were $28,197.95. The dis- bursements amounted to $19,844.08, leaving cash on hand to the amount of $8,358.81. The daily average of water pumped throughout the year was 1,083,421, gallons, a total of 616,181,095. 'The coal burned amounted to 247.900 peunds. About 10 miles of water mains are to be added. . A savage and possibly a mad dog created considerable excitement about the corner of Schenk Street and Payne Avenue. North Tonawanda, Tuesday afternoon. The dog was about the streets and evidently had no owner. He snapped at several people on the street and bit one litttle girl who was on her way to school. In the afternoon he ran out from the alley parallel with Payne Avenue, and bit at two different men. Auguseus Lavendusky. a laborer for the corporation, was at work on Schenk § Street, when the dog came out affd the animal rushed at him. It tore his leg so badly that the man was taken home and «given attention. Later Policeman James Smith shot and killed the dog. Up to this evening no one claimed to be the owner of the animal. Mme. Schumann a few days ago, at her home at Frankfort-on-the-Main, had an apoplectic attack, which, at her advanced age (for she is now 76), seemed likely to be serious, but now, al- though the great pianist is still partially paralyzed, it is hoped she will recover,. Her netive life began with her debut as a juvenile prodigy at Fraulein Per- thaler's concert at Leipsic in 1820. Aflidavits as to personal character my be necessary to allay suspicion or to attract the simple-minded; but what has the manufacturer's private char- acter to do with the efficacy of his so- called \cure ?\ Ely's Cream Balm de- pends solely upon its reputation of years of successful cure for catarrh in alll its stages. - It is absolutely free from mercury or any other drug injur- ious to the system. Being applied di- rectly to the diseased membrane it af- fords instantaneous relief and will ef. fect a perfect cure of catarth. ’ SUCCESSRS TO + - BARNES. HENGERER & CO. Burrarno, WrEpxrEsoay, May 6. CARPETS a Everybody at all \interested knows that Buffalolis the best place to buy Carpets, And of all the stores in this city, Hen- gerer's is the best. Our business is Housefurnishings as well as Dry Goods and one of the useful services of the store is 'to dis- tribute experience. We tell you the Carpets youpxight to have for every use. and show a wider range of new styles than all the other stores combined. & We're coining both trade and reputation with Carpets and dis-~ count everybody and everything with ~-Nevest styles -Fingt Dnalities . -Bigrest Vavety -Yay Bost Values , ---Gmandést Stocks ; -;--Hauasnmest Pations - The Carpet trade has developed to such an extent as to demand entirely new patterns every little while-making a continual revo- lution of ideas. We're quick enough to keep-sharp step with manu-. facturers and get the latest results of the designer's skill as fast as introduced. , In this respect we're on a par with leading, retail stores the world over. o o figfiOur' Carpets are in the flood-tide of liking with those who know what good Carpets are. 'The variety and styles have some- thing to do with it. Low prices something, too. 'The stock isn't wedded to old notions and we guarantee every Carpet to be exactly as represented, That means you run no possible risk in buying here. Your money is safest with us. ' e Wm. Hengerer Co. fo s I DURING THE PAST 10 DAYS - i WE HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF -- Drapery Customers wr sever- HAPPY _ I HOW ! -By selling them Curtains and Drapery for less J than wholesale prices. We know that we MUST make J these low prices to clean out our stock before August 1st, § and are willing to make the Sacrifice. , THE SAME SACRIFICE PRICESi,\ are put on everything in stock-Take Turkish Couches and Lounges for instance, We ficwe, no doubt the very bes; stock in Town, and have cut prices on them that are bound to close them out quick. ] STARTING IN AT $3.00 - The prices run from that to $15.00 for a full TURKISH COUCH, Every one worth just twice what we are selling them for. * I Cut Prices on Repairing Until August 1st ! F. P. WEAVER & DUNN BROS. t. \ARCADE\PINE STREET.
